Malvern Instruments is offering two workshops this spring to help participants learn the latest material characterization techniques.

Smithers Rapra is hosting The Pigment and Colour Science Forum, taking place October 1-3, 2013, in Rome, Italy.

Michigan Metrology, Livonia, MI, is offering a two-day course, “Surface Finish/Friction/Wear Short Course,” April 24-25, 2013, in Livonia, MI.

Experts from Malvern Instruments are presenting a one-day course, entitled “Fundamentals of Particle Size Analysis with an Emphasis on Light Scattering Techniques,” at Pittcon 2013, taking place March 17-21 in Philadelphia.

Registration is open for a workshop on the scale-up and commercial production of emulsion polymers.

Professionals interested in presenting papers at the 13^th International Coatings Congress – ABRAFATI 2013 have until March 28 to submit abstracts for review.

Hosted by the Metropolitan New York Coatings Association, the Philadelphia Society for Coatings Technology and the New England Society for Coatings Technology, the first-ever Eastern Coatings Show will take place at the Taj Mahal Hotel and Resort in Atlantic City, NJ, from April 29 to May 2, 2013.

Evans Analytical Group is offering “Working Smarter - A Course in Analytical Techniques” on April 4, 2013.

RadTech Europe and Vincentz Network are hosting the 2013 RadTech conference and exhibition, to be held in Basel, Switzerland, from October 15-17, 2013.

The 40^th Annual Waterborne, High-Solids, and Powder Coatings Symposium took place February 4-8, 2013, in New Orleans.